"Lately it's been amazing how the members of Romney's own party have blamed him for the loss. The Republican Party can't run away from him fast enough."

Conservatives have been known for quite a while to be cannibalistic -- which is what makes it so delightful every time one of their elected officials gets caught in an indiscretion. It's like throwing a bucket of chum into shark-filled waters. Just sit back and watch the feeding frenzy.

"above all the party has got to REJECT once and for all the James Dobsons and Tony Perkinses and the other opportunist yahoos who have been trying to hijack it into a party of Dominionism (bolstered by their talk radio sycophants who try to hijack it into the party of Eliminationism)."

It is really amazeing, how liberals accuse romney, of lieing, and flip flopping, while ignoring the fact, that obama did the same, every time he opened his mouth. Obama's lies worked quite well, he got the gullable to vote for him again

At least Mitch McConnel's main focus for four years will no longer be the defeat of Obama. Not exactly the GOP's finest hour when the Minority Leader spent and focused most of his time on this failure of his.

Also, do you think that the Oxy-Moron (Limbaugh who tries to win by doing his dance, the Limbo, dancing and broadcasting as low as you can go) will continue to pray and "hope he fails"? You don't to your credit but the Reactionaries did as they have put their politics above country as usual. They even believed the Fox propaganda and "polls" from their bubble -- fearing science as well as not being on speaking terms with reality. Well, their bubble finally burst as bubbles always will. Now, all they have to do is hire a reality translator and not their usual hire, the one who speaks in forked tongues!

"It's all on Obama's shoulders now. The massive debt, Obamacare, recovery from hurricane Sandy, Europe has fallen into recession again, Mideast turmoil... trying to reduce unemployment while increasing taxes and regulations on business and industry...

...and Obama is running out of scapegoats to blame when things go awry."

That's a perfect storm, and Obama has brought the lion's share of it on himself.

So, jayrad et al., you have every right to bask in the bragging rights for this election. You can talk about Romney's flip-flops and ignore all of Obama's flip-flops and all of his failed promises too. Take all the time you want.

Ayup. He's in charge. It's his responsibility. I support him. And if/when his ideas don't pan out, HE gets the blame. Not Romney. Not Bush. Not the Republicans. (And we ALL KNOW that if Romney were elected and he didn't turn it around, Democrats would be all up in his azz for not doing so--Romney's failed policies, yada yada would be blamed.) What goes 'round, comes around.

>> Expect the GOP to lose statewide races year after year after year. <<

That's hard to say -- it depends entirely on whether they listen to the realists among their own such as Peggy Noonan, David Frum, Bobby Jindal and Haley Barbour. So far these have been more demonized than listened to, but above all the party has got to REJECT once and for all the James Dobsons and Tony Perkinses and the other opportunist yahoos who have been trying to hijack it into a party of Dominionism (bolstered by their talk radio sycophants who try to hijack it into the party of Eliminationism).

If the Republicans recognize that poison from within and finally cast out their devils, they'll be back. If not, they'll continue down the path toward the Whigs.

07sky, "the GOP is dead", I don't buy that at all. All the GOP needs is another Nixon or Reagan to go back to the winner's circle. However this will mean they will have to adjust to the voters' needs. Any adjustment toward the center is a game changer.

Jack, "keep talking about the election and Romney". To the victor go the spoils and bragging rights.

I don't at all -- at least not in the deep red states. Even in purple states like Mich. we now have a GOP governor as well as a GOP-controlled legislature and supreme court. Too many blue voters don't bother to vote in non-presidential elections, so I expect red politicians to make some gains in the 2014 elections.

" You know what, us conservatives no longer care about Romney, so why do you guys, lol? "

It was obvious to us that you didn't care about Romney all along, so its good to point that out. Its also good to remind you of your arrogance before the election and maybe the decisive defeat you just suffered would cause you to be humble...but it doesn't seem that the lesson in humility has sunk in yet.

Jacka, if I were them I'd be too concerned about other things to care about what's happened to Romney.

It's all on Obama's shoulders now. The massive debt, Obamacare, recovery from hurricane Sandy, Europe has fallen into recession again, Mideast turmoil... trying to reduce unemployment while increasing taxes and regulations on business and industry...

...and Obama is running out of scapegoats to blame when things go awry.

You liberals keep saying the election is over, but yet you want to keep talking about the election and Romney, lol. You know what, us conservatives no longer care about Romney, so why do you guys, lol?

Norm, what is funny about maria is that if she saw me in person, 65 years old, smiling, wearing my Vietnam vet cap she no doubt would thank me for my service. Oh well.

Tim, "scandal, cover ups blah, blah, blah" all supported by allegations no doubt. Allegation ~ an assertion made with little or no proof. Considering your low opinion of the electoral college you must not be a history or civics teacher.

>> Obama has been tanking since then worse than a new car loses value as it drives off the lot. <<

Perhaps that's the script in the Fox Noise/CEC bubble but out here in the real world the opposite is true:

>> A USA Today/Gallup survey released on Friday (that's yesterday) showed Obama and his party drawing goodwill from much of the country in the wake of their triumph at the ballot box last week. Fifty-eight percent of Americans have a favorable view of the president — up 3 points from the USA Today/Gallup poll conducted right before the election. It’s also his highest favorability rating in the poll since July of 2009.

The public’s view of Democrats is also positive in the wake of a largely successful election for the party. Fifty-one percent of those surveyed have a favorable impression of the party, a 6-point bump since August and a more impressive showing than the 43 percent who have a favorable view of the Republican Party. << [source: tinyurl .com/cx3bp2o]

>>Scandal coverups <<- don't seem to exist, although fantasies about them do. These were shot down, also yesterday.

>> resigning appointees <<- take place after every election whether an incumbent is re-elected or not. You sign on for the term.

>> stock market tanking <<- cannot be discerned from a week's watch, and is irrelevant anyway.

>> layoffs announced <<- are the corporate equivalent of state seceession petitions-- a lot of grandstanding to make a political point that their corporate guy didn't win so they wanna take their ball and go home. Snif.

... any more fantasies? There is actual life outside the CEC bubble you know. Sooner or later you gotta come out.

>> No amount of sour grapes will hide the fact that the GOP base (and too many are really base) is growing smaller and smaller and the longer they avoid mixing a little crow with their traditional apple pie will mean the longer it takes them to partake of the fruits of victory on a national scale! <<

Grocerially put, but a peach of a point. And this trend is elaborated in the Gallup poll linked above. Now how long will it take the RP to apple-ly it?

Hey, I didn't get my Obama gift either. It's ironic to hear this Santa fantasy from Mitt Romney, who spent months offering gifts of tax breaks to the rich and anthropomorphism to corporations...

Does the GOP yet realize, that people have voted for Obama without being bribed?

Just because Trump thought a president would take his bribe and Romney worships the dirt this worm (Trump) crawls in, is no reason to think that he (Romney) lost because he is not as good as Trump in bribing blacks, women, Latinos and his other inferiors that the GOP talks down to and can't treat as equals.

No amount of sour grapes will hide the fact that the GOP base (and too many are really base) is growing smaller and smaller and the longer they avoid mixing a little crow with their traditional apple pie will mean the longer it takes them to partake of the fruits of victory on a national scale!

To continue the analogy, most of the people who are part of the newer demographics are vastly fed up with the 21st Century GOP and their poison tea.

True on the electoral college, RNorm. It got Obama elected, but is otherwise pretty meaningless beyong November 7th when you are talking about public opinion and perception. Obama has been tanking since then worse than a new car loses value as it drives off the lot. Scandal coverups, resigning appointees, stock market tanking, layoffs announced. What has four years wrought? And what further damage is possible in the next four?

Tim, a 5th tour is why we have so many cases of PTSD among our returning combat vets. "gocatgo comments" in no way gave her reason to believe I would was a Romney like draft dodger. "I'm wondering if there might be Iraqi wmd in Syria". I've heard that conspiracy theory too.

Maria, I don't expect an apology from you but you may want to use better judgement before you make assumptions.

Not by a longshot! It's the entire sub-culture which has been propping each other up and patting each other on the back for some time now. But they shouldn't despair, for come the next mid-term elections in 2014 I expect the Reds to regain more seats in Congress. Too many of the Blues only vote in presidential elections.

I understand that she's wrong. The point is, when a thread leaves its own topic and becomes a petty exchange about whether two third parties need to apologize for some personal exchange downthread, then it's off track, non productive and a drag for the rest of us to read.

The point's been made; it doesn't need to be hammered upon. Let the parties involved resolve it among themselves.

Thank you for your service, gocatgo. My nephew ships out right after Thanksgiving for his 5th tour [2 Iraq, 3rd in Afghanistan]. He was on guard duty on the embassy in Kabul when a rocket was fired at it. Fortunately, it overshot and exploded in the field next door. Marine EF.

In her defense, maria based her comment on gocatgo's comments, not anything he stated about his service after the fact. Her comment about being left behind is certainly valid.

mex, "never served". I enlisted in the Army in 1965 at age 18, did a tour of duty in Vietnam, 6 months after I returned to the States, I was then sent to Germany and returned home in 1968. "Insensibility", I spent the holiday remembering my friends that were killed in 1966 and those that I served with. Most everyday is Veteran's Day for me. I have a clear understanding of war and unnecessary death. I also know that 4,257 soldiers were killed in Iraq in the hunt for wmd that were NOT found After the invasion. No one was held accountable for that error in judgement or the CIA data that was skewed. Yet cons like you are outraged about 4 deaths in Benghazi. Do the math.

As for the Benghazi investigation, I prefer a trial before the hanging. I could be wrong but that may be mentioned somewhere in the Constitution.

On Saturday, the Daily Dot reported that Mitt Romney was losing Facebook friends at an incredible pace. Since election night, 86,337 people have 'un-liked' Romney's page — that's an 'un-like' rate of almost 800 an hour.

"How many nations came to the same conclusion that there was WMD in Iraq?"

As many as were bribed with US aid.

"How many Dumbocrats concurred with the intelligence that Iraq had WMD?"

I notice you can NEVER refer to anyone that doesn't agree with you without an insult. Regardless, probably as many democrats who were misled by the cherry-picked intel given to them by the white house.

"How many Saddam Husseins said that Iraq had WMD (including body doubles, of course)??"

And it was shown that he was lying all along. Not to mention there was an 11th hour admission of the truth which could have averted the war, but blown off by the war hawks in the white house...you know folks who didn't want to pay for war, but sure was rushing to start war.

"How many presidents decimated our human intelligence capability while they were being "serviced" in the Oval Office by Monica Lewinsky?"

The intelligence community told the bush administration that there were no WMDs, but Bush suppressed that info to congress (by withholding PDBs) and then made the intelligence community the fall guy when no wmds were found.

"The intelligence (coming from multiple sources) may have been flawed, but that doesn't mean that GWB lied, no matter how many times you repeat it."

It wasn't flawed...it was purposely and intentionally distorted by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice. And the lie that Bush was misled by bad intel is just that; a LIE (no matter how many times you repeat it).